Supercarrier USS George H.W. Bush Now Has First Of its Kind Drone Control Center
The Unmanned Air Warfare Centers will be used to control MQ-25 Stingray tanker drones and other future advanced uncrewed aircraft.
Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 15, 2024 9:16 PM EDT
The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is now the first U.S. Navy supercarrier to have a complete dedicated Unmanned Air Warfare Center (UAWC).
The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is now the first U.S. Navy supercarrier to have a complete dedicated Unmanned Air Warfare Center (UAWC). The new control room is set to be the nerve center on the flattop for operating future drones, including uncrewed MQ-25 Stingray tankers and carrier-based Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The Navy plans to eventually add UAWCs to all of its Nimitz and Ford class carriers.
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced the completion of George H.W. Bush‘s UAWC, which it said occurred “recently,” in a press release earlier today.
“The CVN-based control room, known as the UAWC, includes software and hardware systems that make up the first fully operational and integrated Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System (UMCS) MD-5E Ground Control Station (GCS),” according to the release. The “UMCS is the system-of-systems” and the MD-5E “developed by the Navy, includes Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works Multi Domain Combat System (MDCX), the power behind the GCS, along with additional supporting equipment and hardware,” it continues.
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